Triangular highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand.

Why should North East India be significant for the Western Region? There is a whole new regional marketing throwing open opportunities for investments, trade and commerce.

• India and Myanmar have agreed to a 4-lane, 3200 km triangular highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand. 
• The route, which is expected to be completed by sometime during 2016, will run from India's northeastern states into Myanmar, where over 1,600 km of roads will be built or improved. 
• The first phase connecting Guwahati to Mandalay is set to complete by 2016. 
• This will eventually be extended to Cambodia and Vietnam. 
• This is aimed at creating a new economic zone ranging from Kolkata on the Bay of Bengal to Ho Chi Minh City on the South China Sea. 
• A framework Agreement on the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, a Protocol on the Transit Facilitation of the Project and a Protocol on the Maintenance and Administration of the Project were signed during the visit of Senior General Maung Aye to India on 02 April 2008. 
• The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project envisages connectivity between Indian ports on the eastern sea coast and Sittwe Port in Myanmar and then through riverine transport and by road to Mizoram. 
• Also see http://www.mdoner.gov.in/content/myanmar